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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 11 | Issue 2
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 3 November to 7 November 2025
10th Nov 2025
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The final Constitution Bench case of CJI Gavai’s tenure may influence the composition of High Court benches for years to come
10th Nov 2025
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Monthly Review: October 2025
Despite two weeks of calendar holidays, October witnessed an array of hearings on key matters, including a Constitution Bench judgement
7th Nov 2025
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‘When does protest become conspiracy?’ Luthra questions prosecution in Delhi Riots bail hearing
Luthra argued that the accused was later “folded into” the larger conspiracy narrative, despite bail in the initial FIRs
6th Nov 2025
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Summoning advocates who represent clients under investigation | Judgement Summary
We summarise the 78-page judgement which held that investigating agencies cannot summon advocates to seek case details
4th Nov 2025
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Revisiting ‘Speluncean Explorers’ through a film and a Supreme Court verdict
‘Dhadak-2’ imagines the victim in the fictional case to be Dalit. There are some indications as to how the SCI might approach the case
4th Nov 2025
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“Organisers, not instigators”: Accused tell SC as it hears UAPA bail pleas linked to Delhi Riots
It was argued that with no evidence linked to violence and no overt act alleged, Umar Khalid and others cannot be jailed indefinitely
3rd Nov 2025
From the editor's desk
The differential levels of scrutiny the Court applies to studies on caste vis-a-vis economic backwardness may have deep and abiding implications for how affirmative action policies are crafted in the future, and is especially prescient in a situation where challenges to EWS reservations remain pending.
The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
Studies examining caste-based backwardness have a higher bar to pass than those studying backwardness within the ‘general category'.
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Can the Supreme Court Provide Reservations for Orphans?
With the petition seeking orphans to be identified as a backward class, are we moving away from a caste centric definition of backwardness.
8th Jun 2021
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Part I—The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
There is a marked difference in the methodology employed by the Mandal and Major Sinho Commissions in studying backwardness.
11th Jan 2022
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SC Offers Hope for OBC Reservations in Maharashtra Municipal Elections
The Maharashtra government was directed to submit data justifying its OBC reservation policy to the State Commission for Backward Castes.
20th Jan 2022
Analysis
Medical Students Relieved as SC Issues Order in PG NEET Case
DESK BRIEF: The SC issued an Order allowing the Union to immediately commence counselling for admissions to postgraduate medical programmes.
8th Jan 2022
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Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022







